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load_aout: replace bswap_needed with big_endian

Message ID 20250320124313.819222-1-pbonzini@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
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Series load_aout: replace bswap_needed with big_endian | expand

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Paolo Bonzini March 20, 2025, 12:43 p.m. UTC
Targets know whether they are big-endian more than they know if
the endianness is different from the host: the former is mostly
a constant, at least in machine creation code, while the latter
has to be computed with TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN != HOST_BIG_ENDIAN or
something like that.

load_aout, however, takes a "bswap_needed" argument.  Replace
it with a "big_endian" argument; even though all users are
big-endian, it is cheap enough to keep the optional swapping
functionality even for little-endian boards.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 include/hw/loader.h   | 2 +-
 hw/core/loader.c      | 4 ++--
 hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c | 7 +------
 hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c | 7 +------
 hw/sparc/sun4m.c      | 9 +--------
 hw/sparc64/sun4u.c    | 9 +--------
 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

Comments

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé March 20, 2025, 12:49 p.m. UTC | #1
On 20/3/25 13:43, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Targets know whether they are big-endian more than they know if
> the endianness is different from the host: the former is mostly
> a constant, at least in machine creation code, while the latter
> has to be computed with TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN != HOST_BIG_ENDIAN or
> something like that.
> 
> load_aout, however, takes a "bswap_needed" argument.  Replace
> it with a "big_endian" argument; even though all users are
> big-endian, it is cheap enough to keep the optional swapping
> functionality even for little-endian boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>   include/hw/loader.h   | 2 +-
>   hw/core/loader.c      | 4 ++--
>   hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c | 7 +------
>   hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c | 7 +------
>   hw/sparc/sun4m.c      | 9 +--------
>   hw/sparc64/sun4u.c    | 9 +--------
>   6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Pierrick Bouvier March 20, 2025, 10:33 p.m. UTC | #2
On 3/20/25 05:43, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Targets know whether they are big-endian more than they know if
> the endianness is different from the host: the former is mostly
> a constant, at least in machine creation code, while the latter
> has to be computed with TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN != HOST_BIG_ENDIAN or
> something like that.
> 
> load_aout, however, takes a "bswap_needed" argument.  Replace
> it with a "big_endian" argument; even though all users are
> big-endian, it is cheap enough to keep the optional swapping
> functionality even for little-endian boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>   include/hw/loader.h   | 2 +-
>   hw/core/loader.c      | 4 ++--
>   hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c | 7 +------
>   hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c | 7 +------
>   hw/sparc/sun4m.c      | 9 +--------
>   hw/sparc64/sun4u.c    | 9 +--------
>   6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/hw/loader.h b/include/hw/loader.h
> index 784a93d6c17..d280dc33e96 100644
> --- a/include/hw/loader.h
> +++ b/include/hw/loader.h
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ ssize_t load_elf(const char *filename,
>   void load_elf_hdr(const char *filename, void *hdr, bool *is64, Error **errp);
>   
>   ssize_t load_aout(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, int max_sz,
> -                  int bswap_needed, hwaddr target_page_size);
> +                  bool big_endian, hwaddr target_page_size);
>   
>   #define LOAD_UIMAGE_LOADADDR_INVALID (-1)
>   
> diff --git a/hw/core/loader.c b/hw/core/loader.c
> index ce6ff1b52e3..2e35f0aa905 100644
> --- a/hw/core/loader.c
> +++ b/hw/core/loader.c
> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static void bswap_ahdr(struct exec *e)
>   
>   
>   ssize_t load_aout(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, int max_sz,
> -                  int bswap_needed, hwaddr target_page_size)
> +                  bool big_endian, hwaddr target_page_size)
>   {
>       int fd;
>       ssize_t size, ret;
> @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ ssize_t load_aout(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, int max_sz,
>       if (size < 0)
>           goto fail;
>   
> -    if (bswap_needed) {
> +    if (big_endian != HOST_BIG_ENDIAN) {
>           bswap_ahdr(&e);
>       }
>   
> diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c b/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
> index cb3dc3ab482..2d5309d6f55 100644
> --- a/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
> +++ b/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
> @@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ static void ppc_core99_init(MachineState *machine)
>       }
>   
>       if (machine->kernel_filename) {
> -        int bswap_needed = 0;
> -
> -#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
> -        bswap_needed = 1;
> -#endif
>           kernel_base = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
>           kernel_size = load_elf(machine->kernel_filename, NULL,
>                                  translate_kernel_address, NULL, NULL, NULL,
> @@ -209,7 +204,7 @@ static void ppc_core99_init(MachineState *machine)
>           if (kernel_size < 0) {
>               kernel_size = load_aout(machine->kernel_filename, kernel_base,
>                                       machine->ram_size - kernel_base,
> -                                    bswap_needed, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
> +                                    true, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
>           }
>           if (kernel_size < 0) {
>               kernel_size = load_image_targphys(machine->kernel_filename,
> diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
> index 0dbcea035c3..b5814690f5a 100644
> --- a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
> +++ b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
> @@ -153,11 +153,6 @@ static void ppc_heathrow_init(MachineState *machine)
>       }
>   
>       if (machine->kernel_filename) {
> -        int bswap_needed = 0;
> -
> -#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
> -        bswap_needed = 1;
> -#endif
>           kernel_base = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
>           kernel_size = load_elf(machine->kernel_filename, NULL,
>                                  translate_kernel_address, NULL, NULL, NULL,
> @@ -165,7 +160,7 @@ static void ppc_heathrow_init(MachineState *machine)
>           if (kernel_size < 0) {
>               kernel_size = load_aout(machine->kernel_filename, kernel_base,
>                                       machine->ram_size - kernel_base,
> -                                    bswap_needed, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
> +                                    true, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
>           }
>           if (kernel_size < 0) {
>               kernel_size = load_image_targphys(machine->kernel_filename,
> diff --git a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
> index a48d3622c5a..5aaafb40dac 100644
> --- a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
> +++ b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
> @@ -233,20 +233,13 @@ static unsigned long sun4m_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename,
>   
>       kernel_size = 0;
>       if (linux_boot) {
> -        int bswap_needed;
> -
> -#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
> -        bswap_needed = 1;
> -#else
> -        bswap_needed = 0;
> -#endif
>           kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, NULL,
>                                  translate_kernel_address, NULL,
>                                  NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
>                                  ELFDATA2MSB, EM_SPARC, 0, 0);
>           if (kernel_size < 0)
>               kernel_size = load_aout(kernel_filename, KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR,
> -                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, bswap_needed,
> +                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, true,
>                                       TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
>           if (kernel_size < 0)
>               kernel_size = load_image_targphys(kernel_filename,
> diff --git a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
> index 8ab5cf0461f..d3cb7270ff5 100644
> --- a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
> +++ b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
> @@ -168,13 +168,6 @@ static uint64_t sun4u_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename,
>   
>       kernel_size = 0;
>       if (linux_boot) {
> -        int bswap_needed;
> -
> -#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
> -        bswap_needed = 1;
> -#else
> -        bswap_needed = 0;
> -#endif
>           kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, NULL, NULL, NULL, kernel_entry,
>                                  kernel_addr, &kernel_top, NULL,
>                                  ELFDATA2MSB, EM_SPARCV9, 0, 0);
> @@ -182,7 +175,7 @@ static uint64_t sun4u_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename,
>               *kernel_addr = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
>               *kernel_entry = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
>               kernel_size = load_aout(kernel_filename, KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR,
> -                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, bswap_needed,
> +                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, true,
>                                       TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
>           }
>           if (kernel_size < 0) {

Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>

The rest of BSWAP_NEEDED removal was done here:
https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250320223002.2915728-2-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org

Feel free to combine it with this patch.

Regards,
Pierrick
Richard Henderson March 23, 2025, 10:32 p.m. UTC | #3
On 3/20/25 05:43, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Targets know whether they are big-endian more than they know if
> the endianness is different from the host: the former is mostly
> a constant, at least in machine creation code, while the latter
> has to be computed with TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN != HOST_BIG_ENDIAN or
> something like that.
> 
> load_aout, however, takes a "bswap_needed" argument.  Replace
> it with a "big_endian" argument; even though all users are
> big-endian, it is cheap enough to keep the optional swapping
> functionality even for little-endian boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

Thanks, queued to tcg-next for 10.1.


r~
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diff --git a/include/hw/loader.h b/include/hw/loader.h
index 784a93d6c17..d280dc33e96 100644
--- a/include/hw/loader.h
+++ b/include/hw/loader.h
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@  ssize_t load_elf(const char *filename,
 void load_elf_hdr(const char *filename, void *hdr, bool *is64, Error **errp);
 
 ssize_t load_aout(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, int max_sz,
-                  int bswap_needed, hwaddr target_page_size);
+                  bool big_endian, hwaddr target_page_size);
 
 #define LOAD_UIMAGE_LOADADDR_INVALID (-1)
 
diff --git a/hw/core/loader.c b/hw/core/loader.c
index ce6ff1b52e3..2e35f0aa905 100644
--- a/hw/core/loader.c
+++ b/hw/core/loader.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@  static void bswap_ahdr(struct exec *e)
 
 
 ssize_t load_aout(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, int max_sz,
-                  int bswap_needed, hwaddr target_page_size)
+                  bool big_endian, hwaddr target_page_size)
 {
     int fd;
     ssize_t size, ret;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@  ssize_t load_aout(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, int max_sz,
     if (size < 0)
         goto fail;
 
-    if (bswap_needed) {
+    if (big_endian != HOST_BIG_ENDIAN) {
         bswap_ahdr(&e);
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c b/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
index cb3dc3ab482..2d5309d6f55 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@  static void ppc_core99_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     if (machine->kernel_filename) {
-        int bswap_needed = 0;
-
-#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
-        bswap_needed = 1;
-#endif
         kernel_base = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
         kernel_size = load_elf(machine->kernel_filename, NULL,
                                translate_kernel_address, NULL, NULL, NULL,
@@ -209,7 +204,7 @@  static void ppc_core99_init(MachineState *machine)
         if (kernel_size < 0) {
             kernel_size = load_aout(machine->kernel_filename, kernel_base,
                                     machine->ram_size - kernel_base,
-                                    bswap_needed, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
+                                    true, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
         }
         if (kernel_size < 0) {
             kernel_size = load_image_targphys(machine->kernel_filename,
diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
index 0dbcea035c3..b5814690f5a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
@@ -153,11 +153,6 @@  static void ppc_heathrow_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     if (machine->kernel_filename) {
-        int bswap_needed = 0;
-
-#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
-        bswap_needed = 1;
-#endif
         kernel_base = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
         kernel_size = load_elf(machine->kernel_filename, NULL,
                                translate_kernel_address, NULL, NULL, NULL,
@@ -165,7 +160,7 @@  static void ppc_heathrow_init(MachineState *machine)
         if (kernel_size < 0) {
             kernel_size = load_aout(machine->kernel_filename, kernel_base,
                                     machine->ram_size - kernel_base,
-                                    bswap_needed, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
+                                    true, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
         }
         if (kernel_size < 0) {
             kernel_size = load_image_targphys(machine->kernel_filename,
diff --git a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
index a48d3622c5a..5aaafb40dac 100644
--- a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
+++ b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
@@ -233,20 +233,13 @@  static unsigned long sun4m_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename,
 
     kernel_size = 0;
     if (linux_boot) {
-        int bswap_needed;
-
-#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
-        bswap_needed = 1;
-#else
-        bswap_needed = 0;
-#endif
         kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, NULL,
                                translate_kernel_address, NULL,
                                NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                                ELFDATA2MSB, EM_SPARC, 0, 0);
         if (kernel_size < 0)
             kernel_size = load_aout(kernel_filename, KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR,
-                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, bswap_needed,
+                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, true,
                                     TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
         if (kernel_size < 0)
             kernel_size = load_image_targphys(kernel_filename,
diff --git a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
index 8ab5cf0461f..d3cb7270ff5 100644
--- a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
+++ b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
@@ -168,13 +168,6 @@  static uint64_t sun4u_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename,
 
     kernel_size = 0;
     if (linux_boot) {
-        int bswap_needed;
-
-#ifdef BSWAP_NEEDED
-        bswap_needed = 1;
-#else
-        bswap_needed = 0;
-#endif
         kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, NULL, NULL, NULL, kernel_entry,
                                kernel_addr, &kernel_top, NULL,
                                ELFDATA2MSB, EM_SPARCV9, 0, 0);
@@ -182,7 +175,7 @@  static uint64_t sun4u_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename,
             *kernel_addr = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
             *kernel_entry = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
             kernel_size = load_aout(kernel_filename, KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR,
-                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, bswap_needed,
+                                    RAM_size - KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, true,
                                     TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
         }
         if (kernel_size < 0) {